The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-02-05

Shah AoOhFuts anu wv tAAN iNo's oiso
of bo; t, and to watch Tor anything
that would indicate she had gone down
and was past all help.
Noon camc, and thea one o'clock,
and then two, and no signs of the boat.
went to the cabin with my first officer
and the .iCer Of the Alabamiin, and we
held council. One of them thought l
ought to run on another course. and he
gave his rca.OUs for it. and then the
other. who hal been wavering on the
-ubi'ct joined him. | persisted in my
belief, and stool alone in {. Somehow
could not C their reasons as they did,
and | had Il firm conviction that WAS
right. and if the captain of the Alaba-
mian had done what should do under
similar circumstance he would be cx-
act,y in the track was running.
"Thc afternoon went on, and about an
hoar before sunset went into the cross
trees to have a look on my own account.
swept the horison with my glass over
and over again. but saw nothing, and felt
what terrible re pons biliiy rested on
me. and what would be sad of me for
holding my course against G advice of
thu others, If | shou d not find the boat.
''Just as the sun was within hand
spikes length of the horr on l saw a
spcck on the crest of wave. 1t went
down as the wave fell. and believe my
heart stop I'd beating Ii | the speck came
up again and showed itself. There it
was and no mis- axe, and it was actly
dead anead rs near as you could draw
line.
II hailed the deck. and sent the first
officer to take the wheel. told him not
TO vary the breadth of q hair from the
course we were running. Then | came
down, and sent man up to take my
place.
"'IIave you seen anythingT every
body asked us l reached the deck.
Nothing I'm certain Of, answered;
but we may have developments pres
emily. I don't know if my heart was
beating then, but presume it was.
In little whilc-it may have been
quarter OF an hour, and lust as the sun
was dipping into the horizon-the man
in the rigging called out: sail no!
"'Whcrc awayg' asked.
"'Dcad ahead, sir. | think it's the
boat
My heart went up in my mouth, but
tried to appear as cool as an iceberg.
OF course everybody else was all excite
mcnt, and that was more reason why
should not bc Besides, / was Captain,
and nobody else was, as l had shown
! them by sticking to my course.
1.-The night came on clear and beauti-
full. and we kept straight on. We lost
sight of the boat as the daylight faded,
but in half an hour or SO we saw her
again, and we still had her right in line
As we ncared her kept the ship up a
little so rs to bring the boat under our
lee, and put men in the fore chains and
along the sides with plenty of lines, and
made all possible preparations to make
| fast. knew the men in the boat would
be so chile with the cold that they
would be nearly helpless, and whatever
ourselves.
I'VE got them out all right, and it
was as had surmised; they were most
OF them too much benumbed to climb up
the sides. and had to be helped When
they were all safe on board we tried to
holt the boat in and she broke in two
with her own weight; how she ever lived
as long as she did is mystery.
Captain Hitchcock told me they
rowed as long as the could after leaving
the ship, with the intention of getting
into smoother water beyond the Gulf
Stream. and he had thought that in case
fell in with the other boat I would do
! just as I had done. The two cabin ras-
scngers took their share of the labor with
the rest. They were both young men.
with difference of perhaps five or six
years in their ages, and had been travel
ing in Europe, the cider of the two being
tutor for the younger. who was the son
of q prominent citizen of New York.
They took passage at Leghorn for New
York, and when their turn came to enter
the lnnr-hnnt they bud dane so without